KNOX – Some bad new’s: its about the death of the apostrophe
THEY BURIED THE APOSTROPHE the other day. He was a tiny little fellow, made even smaller by being curled up like that, so it didn’t take much to build the coffin. The only [Continue]
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KNOX – How an innocent typo summoned Satan to Christmas parade
OLD NICK SHOWED UP at the Comox Valley Christmas parade last Sunday. No, not St. Nick. Old Nick. Beelzebub. Lucifer. Mephistopheles. Satan. Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells saw at [Continue]
KNOX – Risking life and limb putting up lights for the holidays
GIVEN THE WEATHER forecast and time of year, chances are this is the weekend you put up your Christmas lights. I’ll call 911. Really, I know successful orthopedic surgeons [Continue]
KNOX – On B.C. Ferries, Wi-Fi and water just don’t mix
ONE OF B.C. FERRIES’ newest vessels broke down the other day, and passengers were OK with that. Delays? Just part of living on an island. Chill. So how come the same [Continue]
KNOX – Stateless girl caught in a world of political complications
VADEN EARLE has celebrity billionaire Richard Branson blogging in his corner. He has a documentary film crew onside. He has a book deal in the works, too. And he has lots and [Continue]
KNOX – Phantoms of war honoured at William Head prison
THEY LAID 21 GHOSTS TO REST on Halloween. Amid the Garry oaks of an old cemetery on the grounds of William Head prison, nestled between Juan de Fuca Strait and the building [Continue]
KNOX – A Dunkirk for the NDP but Greens left stuck in the sand
AT LEAST the New Democrats can celebrate their version of the Miracle of Dunkirk. Yes, they won fewer seats than in 2015 — a lot fewer — but no, they didn’t get [Continue]
KNOX – Getting to the bottom of Andrew Scheer’s vestigial tail
THE DOORBELL RANG, which is never good news. Who could it be? Too early for trick or treaters. Religious zealots? Bottle drive? Oh, Lord, please don’t make me explain the [Continue]
KNOX – In the church of May, hopes are high for a Green wave
IT WAS ALREADY standing room only in St. Paul’s United by the time Elizabeth May arrived, just in time for the all-candidates’ debate on the environment to begin. [Continue]
KNOX – Move over boomers, parties have discovered millennials
WEEK ONE in federal election promises: • Jagmeet Singh vowed to cap cellphone and Internet charges. • Justin Trudeau announced breaks for first-time homeowners. • [Continue]
KNOX – For Trudeau, it’s looking to be a bumpier ride than it was in 2015
ON THE VERY FIRST DAY of the election campaign, the media bus drove into Justin Trudeau’s plane at the Victoria airport. As metaphors go, that’s not bad. Trudeau will [Continue]
KNOX – In Dysfunction-By-The-Sea, policing isn’t a pretty picture
WHEN THAT INTOXICATED GUY staged a one-man rodeo near the Royal Jubilee on Wednesday, smashing into cars before holing up inside a Begbie Street house, VicPD brought in the [Continue]
KNOX – Even a 77-year-old must produce ID to get a beer at a festival
BILL CAMPBELL WAS STROLLING ALONG the Esquimalt Lagoon when he spotted the beer truck. Part of Colwood’s annual Eats and Beats at the Beach festival, it emerged out of the [Continue]
KNOX – Days of the peeler bars are numbered in B.C.
BY NOON TUESDAY, the guy from the bar-supply company was loading torpedo-like beer gas tanks into his van. The Fox Showroom Pub didn’t need them anymore. The last scene of [Continue]
